intransitive verb. To deprive (a plant or a vegetated area, for example) of leaves.

intransitive verb. To cause the leaves of (a plant or plants) to fall off, especially by the use of chemicals.

intransitive verb. To lose foliage.

To deprive of leaves; cut or pick off the leaves of.

Deprived of leaves; having cast its leaves.

transitive verb. to cause (a plant) to shed its leaves.

adjective. Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.

verb. To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.

adjective. Deprived of leaves; defoliated.

verb. strip the leaves or branches from

adjective. deprived of leaves

"Six months ago, Gary hired a goateed designer to "defoliate" the office,  trucking out all the ficus trees and spanish moss to make room for curved sheets of fiberglass and, as he called it, "negative space.""

defoliated  leafless  

defoliation  defoliator  

bare  denudate  denude  strip  

denude  dismember  draw and quarter  flay  lacerate  

defoliated  defoliates  defoliating